Why Jeff Goldblum Will Never Come To New Zealand

Publish Date
Friday, 17 June 2016, 9:16AM

Jeff Goldblum says he may never come to New Zealand after an internet hoax once claimed he had died here.

The hoax, which made global headlines in 2009, claimed that Goldblum had died after falling off a cliff in New Zealand.

It soon emerged the story was false, but not before some news networks had broadcast extensive tributes to the Jurassic Park star.

Goldblum told the NZ Herald he has never been to New Zealand – and isn’t sure he ever will.

"Could you imagine if that's the way I go? Wow. Could you imagine? 'They foretold the future, he actually did fall off a cliff in New Zealand.' It's got to happen some way, some time.”

The Independence Day Resurgence star is about to start shooting with Kiwi director Taika Waititi, who will helm the upcoming Thor Ragnarok.

Read the full story at NZ Herald

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